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Nursery Web Spider

Pisaurina dubia

Photo by TylerGraden
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Field Notes

Description:

Unknown spider found under a tarp laying between a forested area & grassy yard. Between 1 and 2 inches in size. When I've seen this species before they've sometimes had their legs arranged to form an X shape (partially shown with the 2 front legs grouped together on the spiders right side).

Habitat:

Found under a tarp laying between a forested area & grassy yard, in riparian zone.

Species ID Suggestions

Nursery Web Spider

Pisaurina dubia

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ForestDragon
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Comments (3)
ForestDragon
Beautiful spider! It looks just like these: http://bugguide.net/node/view/172743/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/47337/bgimage
turtlesandtombstones
Looks like a nursery web spider. I found a type called a 'single stripe grass spider' that looks pretty similar. Cool close-up picture of the head.

Spotted for Missions

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International Spider Survey
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Backyard bugs and unknown visitors of the Northeastern United States
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Delaware Wildlife
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Nature in the Yard Project NorthEastern US

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PublishedJune 18, 2013

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